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where one or more horses, mules, cows, or similar ani¬ 
mals are kept, shall maintain in connection therewith 
a bin or pit for the reception of manure, and, pending 
the removal from the premises of the manure from 
the animal or animals aforesaid, shall place such ma¬ 
nure in said bin or pit. The bin or pit required by this 
regulation shall be located at a point as remote as prac¬ 
ticable from any dwelling, church, school or similar 
structure, owned or occupied by any person or persons 
in the neighborhood of said bin or pit, other than the 
owner or occupant of the building or part of building 
aforesaid, and as remote as practicable from any pub¬ 
lic street or avenue; shall be so constructed as to ex¬ 
clude rain water, and shall in all other respects be 
water-tight except as it may be connected with the pub¬ 
lic sewer or as other definite provision may be made 
for cleaning and flushing from time to time; shall be 
provided with a suitable cover, and constructed so as 
to prevent in so far as may be practicable the ingress 
and egress of flies. No bin or pit shall be constructed 
the bottom of which is below the level of the surface 
of the surrounding earth unless it be of substantial 
masonry and connected with the public sewer. The 
provisions of this paragraph shall take effect from and 
after the expiration of three months immediately fol¬ 
lowing its promulgation. 
Sec. i 8 D. No person owning or occupying any 
building or part of a building located within any of the 
more densely populated parts of the District of Colum¬ 
bia, in which building or part of a building any horse, 
